Cigarette-paper book



Oct 7, 1924.

H. CHAMBON CIGARETTE PAPER BOOK Filed March 31 1920 Patented Get. 7, 1924.

UNITED STATES HENRI CHAMBON, or PARIS, FRANCE.

CIGARETTE-PAPER BOOK.

Application filed March 31, 1920.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRI CHAMBON, a citizen of the French Republic, and resident of Paris, France, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigarette-Paper Books, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in cigarette paper books and the object of the invention is to simplify the manufacture of such books. The improvements concern the wrapper, as Well as the fastening means of the cigarette paper block on the wrapper.

lVrappers made of a strip of thin card board or stiff paper conveniently folded for containing the block of paper sheets are known.

Now the characteristic feature of my improved wrapper consists in that a strip of thin card board of convenient length, printed as is usual upon what will be the outer face of the cover, is folded into four divisions or fiaps by providing three folds,

' two of said flaps being folded and applied v res ectivel u Jon the two remainin ones in such a manner that the outer faces only of the wrapper will be exposed after folding, the bloc-k of paper sheets being fixed upon one of' said flaps'whilst another of said flaps is provided with a slot, whereby, after a convenient gluing of the rims of the slitted flap upon the adjacent flap, a pocket is provided on the wrapper'for containing small objects such as rail road and tramway tickets or the like.

Concerning the paper block, the improvements consist in making use of sheets of paper having double the length or width of the usual cigarette paper sheets and secured into the wrap-per by stitching or the like fastening means. I y

In order t oenable the cigarette-paper to be easily put in blocks, I may use separate strips of paper, card-paper or pasteboard,

to which the double leaves conveniently folded are attached by stitching or any other suitable means. Said small strips provided with blocks of paper are subsequently secured to the wrapper by means of glue or by engagement into slits provided on the paper, card-paper or pasteboard of the wrapper. The last mentioned method of securing has the advantage that it enables the smoker to buy said small inter- Serial No. 370,307.

changeable blocks separately and use the same wrapper again and again.

It will be understood that the method of forming books of cigarette-paper by means of card-paper according to this invention, involves a large number of modifications, which it would be impossible to describe in this specification.

Only some of said modifications will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 shows a method of construction of the improved book according to my inven tion and in which the double leaves of cigarette paper are stitched in the middle of the fourth flap or division of the wrapper, the various halves of the double leaves being folded in lump along their middle line, to the right and left, a transverse slit on the first division providing, after conveniently gluing the rims of the first and second division, a pocket for receiving small objects.

Fig. 2 shows a modification of the wrapper with longitudinal pocket.

Figs. 3 and 4 show separately a cover and a block of cigarette-paper attached to a strip intended to be removably inserted into suitable slits in the wrapper.

Fig. 5 is a wrapper similar to that of Figures 1 and 2 arranged for receiving the paper block according to Fig. 4f.

Referring to Fig. 1, the numerals 1, 2, 3 and f indicate the four flaps or divisions into which the sheet of card-paper is divided by folds. Stitched along the middle line 9 of the flap 4, is a. block of double cigarette-paper sheets 8. The various leaves of cigarette-paper are folded in lump to the right and left; however they could be folded individually so as toenable the leaves to be more readily detached one by one.

The first flap 1 of the folded sheet of card-paper has a slit 6, and'this division being folded and glued along its rims 5 upon the second division 2, forms a pocket for the reception of small articles such as tickets and the like.

The cigarette paper formed of double leaves being stitched along its middle line 9 upon the middle of the fourth flap 4, this latter is glued by its rims 5 upon the third division 3.

In the modification of the book shown in Fig. 2, the pocket is for-med by gluing the first flap 1 upon the adjacent flap along three rims 5, the remaining rim 6, not glued, forming the entrance of the pocket. For sake of convenience this rim 6 may be cut away as shown by line 7 It is obvious that the leaves 8 may be folded in the direct-ion of the width instead of being folded in the direction of their length.

In Figs. 3 and l I have shown the manner of removably inserting intothe wrapper a strip 13 carrying the block of double leaves 8 folded to the right and left, either individually or in lump. The sheet of cardpaper from which the wrapper is to be made is folded along its middle line in two equal parts and the gummed rims are glued upon each other so as to form a rectangle The corners 12 of strip 13 may also be inserted in slits 11 (Fig. 5) of a wrapper according to F igures' 1 and'2.

In the construction hereinbefore described, it will be particularly noted that each piece of rice or other suitable paper for wrapping cigarettes is of such a width as to serve,

, when centrally separated, to form a wrapper for making two cigarettes. Also, each half of the paper is folded centrally and superimposed. The line of stitches which connects the sheets to a backing or attaching piece also functions to hold the opposite part of the sheet in place as there are projections which will be overlaid by the thread. Having now fully described my said in-,

vention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A book of cigarette-paper comprising in combination a wrapper made of a single piece of card paper formed by folding into four substantially equal divisions or flaps, a slit provided in one of'the end divisions or flaps, said division being adapted to be folded upon the adjacent flap, to form apocket, means for securing the rim portion of said flap upon the corresponding rim portion of the adjacent flap, and a block of conveniently folded double sheets of cigarette paper attached to the opposite end flap of the wrapper.

2. A book of cigarette-paper comprising in combination a wrapper made of a single piece of card paper formed by folding into four substantially equal flaps, the end flaps being, glued upon the respective adjacent flaps, a strip of any suitable material, a block of double leaves of cigarette paper, conveniently folded and secured along their middle line on said strip and means for removably connecting said strip to the wrapper.

3. A book of cigarette-paper comprising in combination a wrapper made of a single piece of card paper formed, by folding, into four substantially equal divisions or flaps,

, the end flaps being glued upon the respective adjacent middle flaps, a' strip of suitable material, a block of double leaves of cigarette-paper secured along the middle line of said strip, and slits provided in one of said'end fiapsinto which are inserted the corners of said strip, whereby the cigarettepaper blockisremovably connected to said cover.

4. A book of cigarette papers comprising a folded cover, laminae of cigarette wrappers which are folded in lump longitudinally, the fold being on opposite sides of the longitudinal center of the wrappers, a backing piece attached to the wrappers by a longitudinal line of stitches passing through the wrappers and through the backing piece.

5. A cigarette package and cover comprising a cover unit having a plurality of'longitudinal folds which provide the cover with side leaves, laminae of connected wrappers eachlamina being folded to position a margin thereof to one side of the longitudinal fold of. the wrappers, and a line of stitches between the margins of the wrappers and through the same to connect the wrappers with the cover and to each other, whereby the wrappers when detached will. individually havea longitudinal fold and a roughened edge.

6. A- book of cigarette papers comprising superimposed sheets which are centrally connected by a-line of stitches to a backing, the sheets having two lump folds to provide on each side of the center of the sheets centrally folded cigarette papers, a line of stitches holding the cigarette papers as a whole, providing a weakened line for severance.

7. A book of cigarette papers, a-foldable cover member, superimposed cigarette wrappers of double width, and a central longitudinal line of stitches which passes through and connects the wrappers with the cover I member.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence oftwo witnesses. 

